Police provide security, right, as construction workers stand outside the Green Point Soccer stadium during a protest at Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, July 9, 2009. World Cup organizers in South Africa say a strike by construction workers entered its second day as negotiators meet to try and resolve the standoff. (more…)
from ESPN:
JOHANNESBURG — South African construction workers went on an indefinite strike Wednesday at stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup — a move that could derail Africa’s historic first World Cup tournament. Thousands of workers at stadiums across the country put down their tools after wage negotiations deadlocked earlier this week.
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Even though it’s still five years away, we’re starting to see some renderings of what the stdiums will look like when Brazil hosts the 2014 World Cup. I have a feeling Brazil is going to go big when it’s their turn to host the World Cup.
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In the race to host World Cup 2018 or 2022, it may come down to England vs Australia vs the United States. Listen to Frank Lowry, Chairman of the FFA and the wealthiest man in Australia slam discuss soccer in this country and the US bid.
“Workers hang a giant soccer shirt that reads one year to go to the 2010 soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, June 10, 2009″.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the group trying to bring the World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022.
